---
id: 657b1dfec76149836ea5c7d0
title: Task 38
challengeType: 22
dashedName: task-38
---

<!-- (Audio) Sophie: It wasn't exactly tech-related, but I learned a lot about problem-solving and critical thinking. -->

# --description--

There are some verbs you can't use `didn't` to create negative sentences in the past. The verb `to be`is one of them. 

If you want to create a negative sentence using the verb `to be` in the past, simply  add `not` after `was` or `were`. For example:

`It was working normally` -> `It wasn't working normally`.

`They were informed earlier` -> `They weren't informed earlier`.

`Wasn't` is the abbreviation of `was not` and `weren't` the abbreviation of `were not`.

# --fillInTheBlank--

## --sentence--

`It _ exactly tech-related, but I learned a lot about problem-solving and critical thinking.`

## --blanks--

`wasn't`

### --feedback--

This word is used to make a negative statement in the past tense.

# --scene--

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